Top o Nerae! GunBuster

Top o Nerae! GunBuster (トップをねらえ！GunBuster, lit. "Aim for the Top! GunBuster") is a 1988 anime OVA produced by Gainax and directed by Hideaki Anno. The OVA consists of six episodes and was sold in both VHS and Laserdisc format.

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The OVA details the story of Noriko Takaya, the daughter of famous space captain Yuzo Takaya, who died in the Luxion disaster of 2015. The story begins in 2021, with Noriko attending a school for aspiring space pilots and Earth threatened by an incoming invasion of Space Monsters. A new coach arrives, sees potential in Noriko, and chooses her to be a pilot in the Gunbuster project, despite her lack of piloting ability. Noriko and her senior, Kazumi Amano, board the Exelion and train to become the pilots of the first two Buster Machines. Upon entering space, it is made apparent that, every time they enter near-lightspeed travel, Time Dilation occurs, sending them into the future. As the series progresses, they continue the fight against the space monsters while the lives they knew on Earth slowly slip away.